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Cedar Flat, Oregon

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Eugene-Springfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97478. It stands on Cedar Flat. The Survey maps it on the Walterville quadrangle.

Cedar Flat within Lane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

80 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Flat between 1992 and 2020, burning about 70 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 4 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning22
Equipment and vehicle use14
Recreation and ceremony14
Natural8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Fireworks2
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2002Smokingunder an acreEast Lane Unit - ODFHILLS CREEK
7 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEast Lane Unit - ODFLITTLE DEERHORN
5 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.4 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMOUNTAIN GATE
4 September 2002Smoking15 acresEast Lane Unit - ODFCAMP CREEK
29 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersUPPER CAMP CRK PILE BURN
25 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreEast Lane Unit - ODFHILLS MP2
23 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEast Lane Unit - ODFCOLLINS
22 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreEast Lane Unit - ODFTAMORA LANE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Cedar Flat: 9 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gold MineGold, SilverPast Producer
D K MitchellStonePast Producer
D.K. Mitchell PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Vitus QuarryStonePast Producer
Vitus QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Fox SiteSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Green PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Green PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Green Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lane County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Walterville2.3 miles13
Thurston4.0 miles16
Jasper5.2 miles14
Deerhorn5.3 miles12
Fall Creek6.5 miles14
Mohawk7.3 miles11
Mohawk Post (historical)7.4 miles11
Trent7.6 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1130821. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.